12 Month Windows

I was asked the question "Why not a windows tablet?" After publishing my last post. That ultimately boils down the the entire reason behind why the 12 Months of Windows failed for me. Windows 8 isn't what was promised. You simply cannot have a "best of both worlds" scenario with Tablets and PCs. While my initial findings were certainly interesting to me, it became more of an issue as time marched on and I began to see the chinks in the facade. Simply put, you cannot expect a PC to act like a tablet or vice versa. That's not to say that Windows 8 didn't have some great ideas, but they were hampered by Balmer's fear of moving forward too quickly. The fact that there is so much legacy support still built into Windows astounds me. Apple cut its OS install size in half when it stopped supporting the PowerPC chips.Windows could save space by losing all the extraneous crap that 99% of the world doesn't need any longer. Make the companies who need th...

I've spent quite a bit of money over the course of my life playing with various technologies and trying to find something that was the "Perfect Tool." I recently came to the conclusion that in searching for the perfect tool, we forget to make use of the tools that we have. I started  this blog with the idea that we cannot make a decision about whether or not we like something or hate it without first knowing all sides of the equation. That said, I think there were too many failures and unrealized potential within the Windows 8 package. Windows 7 is a far superior product that is not attempting to be more than what it is. Because of that, I moved back to the Mac ecosystem. Over the past six months or so I've been using an android phone and an iPhone. I've made a few comments in the past about my thoughts on Android vs. iPhone. This is more about Tablets. While I feel that Android Phones (the good ones that update quickly and don't come loaded with 2.1) ar...

There's all this noise about who hates who and why they hate them and why the other OS sucks. Well, I have an HTC One and an iPhone 5. The HTC One is through work and the iPhone is my personal device. I love both of them. I hate both of them. Here's why... In terms of simplicity and ease of use, the iPhone kills Android. I don't the word of other techies like me on this - in that instance, either one is pretty easy to figure out. What I've done is talk to people as well as attempt to look at both systems from the perspective of a non-techie. The reason that many tinkerer types don't like iOS is the reason that I would recommend it to many people of a non-tech inclination. It's easy. It really is "Point and touch." The settings are laid out in an easy to understand pattern and everything is easily explained. Barring that, you can go to your local Apple Store and receive free training on your device. Android, on the other hand, is a little ...